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    schist

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Geology
    schist /ʃɪst/ noun [uncountable]  HEGa type of rock that naturally breaks apart into thin flat pieces 片岩
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    schist• Near the waterline, the rushing waters have polished the schist to gunmetal, and carved it into fantastic flutes and chambers.    Origin schist (1700-1800) French schiste, from Latin schistos (lapis) “stone that can be split”, from Greek, from schizein; → SCHISM
    schist nounChinese
    of rock Corpus breaks a that type naturally


    schist
    schist /ʃɪst/ noun [uncountable]
     Date: 1700-1800
     Language: French
     Origin: schiste, from Latin schistos (lapis) 'stone that can be split', from Greek, from schizein; ⇨ schism
    a type of rock that naturally breaks apart into thin flat pieces


    schistBrE /ʃɪst/ 🔊NAmE /ʃɪst/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a type of rock formed of layers of different minerals, that breaks naturally into thin flat pieces 片岩